Street-car.



y A. H. BATES.

" STREET CARI" APPLIGATION FILED APRfl?, 1908.

` Patentedneo. 5, 1911-.

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ALBERT H. BATES, 0E' GL'EVELND, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Bee. 5, il,

. Application Afiled April l?, 1903. Serial No. 427,576.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. Barns, a citizen of the United States,residing vat Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Street-Cars, ofwhich the following' is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing hadv to the Aaccompanying drawings.

rlhe object ot this Ainvention is to provide a street car wherein theentrance shall be entirely from the end, but the enitl may be from theside. The invention'is accordingly well` adapted for an open or summer-pay-asyou-enter car, passengers entering at the rear door and leaving,`directly from the sides. Much time is saved in this manner. --lroperventilation is also obtained, as well as the kother advantages of anopen ear. My car is also convertible, that. is, the open side ntay heclosed, and both the entrance and exit be made from the ends.

My prior Patent No. 861,700 shows a car having a longitudinal bench orrow ot seats along one closed side, anaisle in front ofsuch longitudinalseat, and cross seats from such aisle to the side of the car which maybe open. In the present invention l avail myself of that arrangementofseats. l provide at the exit of each of the cross aisles a foldingstep, and means whereby the same is normally folded and in idleposition, but

. is adapted to be turned down into active position by a passengerwithin the car. A suitable gate is provided across each exit opening andl connect this with the step so that when the gate is opened, theV stepis turned down. l provide' suitable means whereby the gate and step mayhe returned This means may op-` to normal position. crate automaticallyby means of a spring, ,for example, or may be operated by the conductoror motorman, or as desired.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the' drawings wherein-' Figure 1is a plan of my car; Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation looking at theopenl side; ll`1g. 3 isa partial cross vsection withy the gate open;Fig. 4c is a similar view with the gate closed; Fig. 5 is a verticalsection on line 5-5 of Fig. 3, looking outwardly.

Asshown in the drawings, the .licor of the car is indicated by l0, theroof by l1, and the permanently closed sideby 12. In this permanentlyclosed side are windows 13. In the opposite side of the car aresuitableposts zontal.

it which support the roof. Within the car, along the closed side is avcontinuous longitudinal seating means, as, tor example, the bench 20,extending from end to end of the ear. ln front of this bench is an aisle2l and between this aisle and the open side of the car are transverseseats 22. At the rear ot the aisle is a door 23, and at the frantoi theaisle is a door 24.

25 and 2G represent the front and rear platforms respectively. On therear plat-4 form is placed the eonductlhrs box 27. Passengers enter onthe rearlplattorm and move past the conductors box, through the reardoor 28 and enter the aisle. @n leaving the car, it the earis in theform of a summer car, the passengers pass directly outward' through thetransverse aisles, as hereinafter explained.

'lo prevent entrance to the oar through ot a running board which ispermanently down in the t'orm ot a step, I provide- 'folding individualsteps for the various cross aisles. Two of these individual steps arevshown for each cross aislewan upper vstep 2S and a lower step 30. Thesesteps are pivotally supported at 38 and 40 respectively and areconnectedby links 29. They normally stand vertically alongside of theear. Upposite each aisle space is a. suitable gate which may be of theskeleton form shown at 31. This gate is hinged to the post. ll at thefront side of the cross aisle. Adjacent to the hinges a rod 32, rigidwith the gate, depends from this post. This rod is connected with thecompound step in such manner that when the gate is swung outwardly, thestep is swung downwardly. To eli'ect this movement, l have shown a bevelpinion 83 on the lower end of the gate rod meshing with a bevel pinion34 lon a sleeve 35, rigid with the upper step, and surrounding the rod36 on which that step is journaled. The step projects downwardly, as at37, below its supporting rod and when the Astep is turned down, thisprojection engages beneath a suitable beam or bar 4l, to prevent thestep passing; beyond the horilt will be seen .from this description thatentrance to the car through the open side is revented. not only by thegate but by the act that there is no' available step for such entrance.Vhenever the passenger desires to leave, however, the simple aconvenient handle.

swinging of the gateoutwardly, turns down the step, whether it be asingle step or the compound one shown. When the passenger steps downonto the step, such action holds the' gate in outward position. It thusforms By having the gate on the forward side of the aisle opening, thepassenger is obliged to face forward when emerging 'from the car. Thisis of particular advantage with women passengers many of whom, for someunknown reason, seem to delight in facing rearwardly on leaving the car.

To close the gate and step, I may provide for example, a coil springsurrounding the gate rod 32 and tending to return. it to normalposition. This makes the return of the gate and step automatic. In placeof this, if desired, the steps may all be turned by the conductor. Thismay be accomplished by making the rods on which they are mounted in theform of rock shafts which are connected by links with Aa lever,

convenient of access to the conductor.

A suitable latch may be provided for holding the gate closed, this latchbeing ac-,

cessible to the passenger in the cross aisle and operating by a springto latch the gate as it swings shut. This, in the illustration, consistsof a rod 50 in the stationary arm 5l and having a beveled nose by whichit may latch the gate. This rod is connected by a bell-crank 59. withthe vertical rod 53 on the post 14 which may be operated by thepassenger within the car grasping and pulling down the knob 54 but isinaccessible to one on the ground. To enable the conductor to lock allof the gates, I may extend the rods 53 downwardly and provide a suitablestop bar 55 which these rods normally clear but which may be moved intotheir path by pulling upon the link 56 whichcams the bar longitudinally.

When the car `body is used during very severe weather, the individualsteps and gates may be removed and the sides between the posts areclosed b y a suitable closure, and entrance and exit is had at the endsof the car. In this case, and indeed for summer use, there may be anexit door at the rear controlled by th'e conductor, as indicated by 60,in Fig. l, the rear seat in this .ease being taken out. For moderatelycold weather, however, solid doors, as shown at 61, may be used atl theindividual aisles, taking the place of theskeleton gates which have beendescribed, the doors closing the whole opening between the posts, thefloor` andthe roof, and being provided with suitajble windows. In thiscase, the individual 4steps are employed as usual, and the operatingmeans is substantially the same.

' `Having described my invention, I claim:

'ljIn a car, the combination of a longituqgnataisle, transverse aisles',individual folding steps opposite the transverse aisles, and means forturning such steps from idle into active position, each step comprisingtwo shelves hinged and connected to fold up or stand projecting onehigher than the other.

2. In a ear, the combination oi a permanently closed side, a long benchextending along the same,'a longitudinal aisle in front of said bencli,transverse seats extending from such aisle to 'the open side of the carand providing transverse aisles between them, gates opposite thetransverse aisles, folding steps individual for the different transverseaisles, mechanism connecting each step with its corresponding'gate,whereby the outward swinging of the gate swings the step into activeposition.

3. An open car having a longitudinal aisle, transverse aisles to theopen side of the car, means for preventing ingress to such trans# verseaisles while allowing egress therefrom, and means other than thetransverse aisles for allowing ingress to the longitudinal aisle. 5

4. In a car, the combination of a rear platform, a permanent steptherefor, a longitudisame with the rear platform, a conductors boxadjacent to such doorway, transverse seats, transverse aisles leadingfrom the longitudinal aisle to `the open side of the car,l

vnal aisle'in the car, a doorway connecting the means for preventingingress from the street 4 -to such transverse aisles while allowingegress from such transverse aisles at the open side of the car.

5. In a car, the combination of a rear platform, a permanent steptherefor, a longitudinal aislein the car, a doorway connecting the samewith the rear platform, a conductors box adjacent to such doorway,transverse seats, transverse aisles leading from the longitudinal aisleto the open side of the car, means for preventing ingress fromi thestreet to such transverse aisles while allowing egress from suchtransverse aisles at the open side of the car, said means beingcontrollable by the conductor in his box.

6. In a car, the combination of anope'n side and a series of transveyseseats, transverse aisles between the seats terminating at 'such openside, individual gates for such aisles, individual latches for suchgates accessible to passengers in the respective trans-` verse aisles,and a common means for latching all of the gates.

7. In a car, the combination with one permanently closed side, of a longbench adjacent to the same, a longitudinal aisle in front of such bench,a series of transverse seats with transverse aisles between them,individual gates for thetransverse aisles, and individual latches forthe gates.

8. In a car, the combination with the rear platform, two door-waystherefrom to the l dinal aisle withinthe car with which bothv body ofthe car, there being a space on the I platform between the door-ways, alongitudoor-ways communicate, transverse seats and transverse aisles toone side of the car, gates for such, aisles, and mechanism operatablefrom a position, on the platform between the doorways for releasing suchgates.

9. In a car, the combination with the rear platform, two doorways4therefrom to the body of the car, there being a space on the platformbetween the doorways, a longitudinal aisle within the car with whichboth doorways communicate, transverse seats and transverse aisles to oneside of the car, gates for'suoh aisles,vmechanism operatable from aposition on the 'platforn between the doorways for releasing such gates,and means adjacent to each vgate for individually releas` ing the same.

10. yIn a car, the combination with a rear platform having two doorwaysleading into the car and a space on the platform between the doorways,a. longitudinal aisle within the car connecting with both doorways,transverse aisles, individual gates for such ais/les,

and individual folding steps for such aisles.

11. In a car, the combination with a rear platform havingtwo doorwaysleading into` the car and a space on the platform between the doorways,a longitudinal aisle within the car connecting with both doorways,transverse aisles, individual gates for such aisles, individual foldingsteps for such aisles, and means for locking or releasing' the gatesoperatable from the place mentioned on the rear platform.

12. In a car, the combination of an open side, a series of transverseseats, transverse aisles between the seats, terminating at such openside, individual gates forsuch aisles, individual latches for the gatesautomatically latching when the gates are closed, in-

dividual folding steps vfor the respective gates, and operatingmechanism connecting them with the gates.

13. In\ a car, the combination, with an open side and a series oftransverse seats leaving transverse aisles between the seats terminatingat such open side, of individual gates for such aisles, individuallatches for the gates automatically acting to lock `thegates when theyare closed, individual operating mechanism for such latches accessibleto passengers in the respective transverse aisles, and meansinaccessible to such passengers for latching the gates.

14. In a car, the combination of an open side and a series of transverseseats, of transverse aisles between the seats terminating at such openside, individual gates for such aisles, individual latches for suchgates automatically latching the gates when they are closed, meansaccessible to the passengers for unlocking such latches, and a mechanismcommon to the various gates for latching `them inaccessibly to thepassengers with means adjacent to the end of the car for operating, thecommon latching means.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ALBERT H. BATES.

Witnesses:

S. E. FoU'rs, A. J. HUDSON.

